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Chapter 692 Spring Cold
In a blink of an eye, the New Year's Eve is over.

This year is the second year of Xianding in the Song Dynasty, Xinyou, the year of the rooster.

The fifth day of the first lunar month.

Lee state.

Early in the morning, when Pi Feng woke up, he saw his one-and-a-half-year-old son who had been put on the couch by his mother-in-law, Yu Shi, and was crawling on his head.

He laughed loudly, picked up his son and shaved his tender calf on his beard, making his son giggle.

"Haha, I'm Huer, little Huer."

Mrs. Yu was sitting on the side, picking up the soles of his shoes.

Because Pifeng is currently serving as the general of the Ningwu Army in Lizhou, he leads the soldiers to practice on the mountain path every day, and he spends most of his shoes on the soles of his shoes.

"My man, I'm going back to the camp tomorrow. Today is the fifth day of the lunar new year. How about going to pay New Year's greetings to the comforter?"

Pi Feng sat up and said: "My mother-in-law said this, as if my barracks were far away, the comforter can see him every day, why go to make trouble for him this New Year's Eve."

"That's right." Shi Yu nodded, and then lowered his head to put on the sole of his shoe.

The husband and wife were not talkative, so Pi Feng got up and ate a piece of pastry from the table. He felt that the house was not lively during the Chinese New Year, so he planned to say something.

"Today is a good day. I have food at hand. I was in Yunding City back then, and there was nothing on the top of the mountain. Five years have passed since then. Five years have passed. I never thought that I would be here today. That year, General Xiao was killed by Yao Bast. Killed, Marshal Li came..."

Mrs. Yu has heard these words hundreds of times.

Pi Feng could only talk about these things, from the time Marshal Li entered Yunding City to the recovery of Lizhou, he could talk for a whole day.

"Back then, I never thought that I could marry a wife. But before the battle in Chengdu, Marshal Li said that we should go down the mountain and let us all marry a wife. It's a pity that General Yi couldn't survive. His armor was too heavy and he couldn't run..."

Mrs. Yu said: "It's also fortunate that my man can fight. When I fought back to Lizhou, it was because I picked my ugly name when I was choosing a wife."

"What are you talking about, I didn't look at you... your big butt, mother said, to marry a wife, you have to marry a big butt, look at how strong I am."

Pi Feng was talking, and then he thought of something, and said: "Today there is a big show in the camp, why don't you take your mother and daughter to see it?"

"No, my man will have to send us back later, so much trouble."

"Don't worry about it. It's the New Year's Eve. It's lively and lively. This house is so deserted."

"My man wants to be lively, how about we have another one?"

Five days have passed, Pi Feng didn't want to make any more fuss, he said: "Hu'er is in good spirits, I'd better go to the camp to watch a big show, or I'll chop the firewood in the courtyard."

He put down his son, put on his clothes and strode into the courtyard, picked up the ax and weighed it, feeling a little lost for no reason.

Of course, this day is a good day, and I have dreamed of it in the past.

But I suddenly felt that it was more vigorous when I was fighting Chengdu, Jianmenguan, and Lizhou.

Now the barracks are full of bastard recruits, trained a batch, dragged away, and dragged another batch... It's not like when dozens of brothers followed Yang Ben and jumped over the abyss when they attacked the Jianmen Pass.

"despair."

A piece of firewood was split on the ground, Pi Feng turned his head and saw that there were not many new firewood, so he decided to go to the mountain to split some more, only then remembered that the family used honeycomb coal this year.

In the end, there was nowhere to disperse the strength, and it was very boring.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Suddenly there was a rapid knock on the door.

"General! General..."

"Why? Meng Tazi calling?"

"Look at what the general said, how can you call Lizhou..."

Pi Feng listened to what the soldiers said, his eyes widened, his head suddenly lifted, and he started to run out.

"Go get me a horse."

……

The horseshoes sounded hurriedly, and he led more than a dozen defenders out of the city and went straight for five miles. Pi Feng pulled the reins and looked up. He saw smoke billowing in front of him, and a group of knights came along the Jialing River.

"Really the commander-in-chief is here? The comforter didn't say anything."

Pifeng saw from a distance that there were 20 people in the team, one person and three riders, all of them were elites.

He still recognized the person at the front.

"Lu? Lu Xiaoyou!" Pi Feng couldn't help shouting.

He is not familiar with Lu Xiaoyou, the other party is from the Luzhou army, and he only met a few times in joint training after the battle in Chengdu.

But seeing you today, Pi Feng felt his heart beat.

He tried his best to find Li Xia's figure, and finally, he only saw Li Xia hugging a thin man and riding together?Can't help but be very puzzled.

It wasn't until the team approached that Pi Feng recognized that it should be a woman in men's clothing, and couldn't help thinking that Mrs. Shuaifu is really a heroine.

……

"Appeal."

"Pi Feng, General of the Ningwu Army! I have seen the handsome man!" Pi Feng cupped his fists and roared very loudly. After thinking about it, he added, "I have seen the handsome lady!"

"You don't need to be too polite." Li Xia got off his horse, looked him up and down, and said, "You are good at riding now."

"Little man... the last general remembers that the commander-in-chief said that he wants to train cavalry, so he will lose ground again!"

Li Xia listened to the bell-like voice, smiled, and said, "You haven't lost your energy, that's good. I didn't tell Kong Xian that I was coming, so why did you come out of the city to meet me?"

"If the commander-in-chief arrives at the gate of Lizhou City and the last general doesn't know about it, then the last general will be inappropriate."

"Talk while walking, and talk about the situation in Lizhou."

Li Xia didn't ride with Zhang Wenjing anymore, and got on another horse.

Pi Feng hurriedly rode his horse to follow, half a body behind Li Xia, while talking about recent events in Lizhou.

Occasionally, Li Xia would speed up or slow down the horse on purpose, but Pi Feng could maintain the half-horse gap.

Gradually, Lizhou City is already in sight.

Without hesitation, Li Xia drove straight into the city.

Just seeing Pi Feng's enthusiasm and listening to him talk about his current life, we can know Lizhou's choice, Kong Xian's choice...

~~
Kong Xian was standing at the north gate of Lizhou.

He also suddenly learned that Li Xia had arrived in Lizhou. He was still wearing casual clothes and his boots were still covered with mud.

In June last year, Kong Xian went to Hanzhong to send his younger sister to get married, and after Liu Yuanli made a surprise attack on Hanzhong, he had already met Li Xia;
And at the end of the year, after he received Cheng Yuanfeng's letter, he also received Li Xia's letter, and he knew many things clearly.

"The commander-in-chief really came. I thought he would arrive after the Lantern Festival."

"It's so disturbing that Kong Anfu can't have a good year." Li Xia stepped forward, greeted each other with Kong Xian, and said: "This trip still has to go to Chengdu, Xuzhou, and Chongqing, so we can't leave early."

"Understood, the commander-in-chief has fewer manpower."

"It's okay, there are too many people with you, and you have to carry a carriage with luggage, so you can't go fast."

Kong Xian's eyes grew more respectful, he raised his hand, and said, "How about the commander-in-chief please follow me to the top of the city?"

"it is good."

After Li Xia had passed, he looked towards the top of the city, only to see that there were Lizhou defenders in armor and holding arrows.

A big flag is flying, and the word "Song" is written on it.

Walking through the stone steps, you can see the Jialing River outside the city.

On the top of the city, a column of Song soldiers was escorting seven officials who had been tied up.

When the distance was still far away, Kong Xian pointed to the past one by one.

"Lizhou Tongjuan, Zhong Xingxian; Signing the official office of the judge's office, Dai Xun; Recording and joining the army, Jiang Zhengcheng; State learning and teaching aid, Zhuang Yifu..."

"What did they do?"

Kong Xian asked Li Xia to walk a few steps, stood by the wall, and spoke in a low voice.

"The elder brother of Zhong Xingxian, served as a right admonishment doctor in the court. At the end of the year, Zhong Xingxian received his letter and asked me to test the general's intentions. After that, he contacted the officials in Lizhou... until the second day of the first lunar month, he joined forces with Jiang Zhengcheng, who joined the army. , I really dare not condone..."

Li Xia thought that Kong Xian's handling was quite inappropriate, but he didn't say anything.

"What about the letter?"

"Big handsome."

Li Xia took it, looked at it for a while, then glanced at the seven people again, and stepped forward.

~~
The city is windy and cold in spring.

Zhong Xingxian only wore unlined clothing and felt cold.

He squinted his eyes and watched Kong Xian talking to the tall and straight young man from a distance, he couldn't help but wonder who the other party was, so that he could comfort him all the way and act respectfully.

But seeing the other party gradually approaching, Zhong Xingxian suddenly came back to his senses.

"Li Jieshuai? Is it Li Jieshuai? Why did you and Kong Anfu capture the imperial court official without authorization?! Don't you forget that you eat the court's Milu and are honored by the late emperor!"

"Li Jieshuai, don't dare to commit the great crime of treason, a feat that is unrivaled in the world will be wiped out..."

And as Li Xia and Kong Xian got closer, some of the seven officials started shouting and cursing.

"Li Xia, do you want to imitate Wu Xi?! Kong Xian, you want to help the evildoer..."

"..."

Li Xia had already stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and untied the rope on Zhong Xingxian's body.

Several officials were stunned for a moment, and looked at Zhong Xingxian one after another, wondering if he had made a mistake.

Isn't this person Li Xia?But judging by his appearance, demeanor and majesty, he was exactly what he had heard.

"Zhong Tongpan, although I met you for the first time today, I have heard about your political achievements for a long time. You have done a good job in garrisoning the fields and reassuring the people; Dai Shushu, last year there was a case where soldiers robbed people's property and killed people to silence them. You were sentenced very well. Well, the military discipline should be so strict; Zhuang Jiaoyu..."

Zhong Xingxian was stunned again, and looked up at Li Xia, his face darkened again.

"Li Jieshuai, you and Kong Anfu must give us an explanation for this..."

Li Xia didn't wait for him to finish, raised the letter in his hand, and said, "You should give me an explanation, why do you connect with each other and accuse me of plotting rebellion?!"

Zhong Xingxian didn't expect Li Xia to mention the word "rebellion" so bluntly, and replied in a deep voice.

"What is said in this letter is not true? At that time, Wu Xi had a secret ambition and returned to Shu with Han Tuozhou. Mr. He Xianggong of the Privy Council was aware of his intention and tried his best to obstruct it. Wu Xi then generously bribed the right minister. Ren Xingyuan; and you, who occupy the whole of Shu, bribe the officials' personal servants generously, connive at the officials in order to dispose of Sichuan and Shanxi, and never speak out, how can you not have a secret ambition? !
The wealth and wealth of the Shu region were originally headed by the clan princes. Wu Xi tried every means to make the wealth and wealth belong to the Xuanfu Department, holding military and financial power.And you, since you took office in Sichuan and Shu, in the name of wars and chaos, you have always refused to delegate financial power to the Transshipment Department and set up the governor of the government.

You are similar to Wu Xi, you bought soldiers generously, listened to the instructions and did not listen to the announcement, treated the supervisory officials sent by the court proudly, placed your confidants in the army... You are even worse than Wu Xi!Prohibition of official money entering Shu, unauthorized tax exemption to win the hearts of the people, self-initiated soldiers in Longxi, collusion with the princes of Mongolia, one after another, the rebellion is obvious, and it is still hypocritical. When the temple princes and we are blind? ! "

(End of this chapter)